Thought i’d be brave and post a couple of pics of my new [to me] bike. Have had it up and running for a month or so now and i’m surprisingly happy with it.
I say surprisingly as in recent years I’ve had a Prince Albert with 140mm forks, and a Pitch. Both never felt ‘quick’ enough for me and specially with the Pitch more than 50% of the time I felt overbiked.
So I think I now have something that allows me to ride all of the stuff on my doorstep [although yet to take it to Lustleigh Cleave] and is feels quick enough in XC races. It worked well at the pedally Oktoberfest course.
Basics are: Large Alu Rush frame [thanks Stuart aka ChunkyMTB!] and Reba 120 with maxle.
Currently running some High Roller 2.1 XC’s, but in 70 shore hardness flavour. 2nd hand of here for a tenner, but not convinced at all. Ok it has been proper slippy all week, but they are nothing like as grippy as the 60a Advantages they replaced…
Flame away chaps….excuse the mud, pics taken fresh back from quick blast in Kings Wood, Buckfastleigh
Am realising the 2.1 HR’s are shit. Was hoping to keep the weight done / have a slim tyre to cut through mud without having an out and out Mud tyre….thinking of putting a Bonty XR4 on the front and leaving the HR on the rear.
Graphics are Glow in the Dark too! Great on night rides.